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View,  Jan.  13 


No.  38 


Sale  Jan.  23 


Exhibition  and  Sale  of 


PAINTINGS 


of  the  late 

OTTO  H.  BACHER 

American  Artist,  friend  of  Whistler 

With  a  few  additional  Paintings 
from  Private  Collections 


To  be  sold  at  Auction 

Tuesday  Evening,  January  23,  1917 


At  8:30  o'clock 


On  Exhibition  Saturday,  January  13,  9:30  to  6 

and  on  Monday  Evening,  January  22, 

before  the  sale,  8-10  p.m. 


JAf.     J5      1917 
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Ghe  WALPOLE  GALLERIES 

No.  10  East  49th  Street 
New  York 


CONDITIONS  OF  SALE 

1.  All  bids  to  be  per  lot.  They  are  executed  free  of  charge  by  the 
Walpole  Galleries  and  the  items  are  bought  at  the  lowest  price  permitted 
by  competitive  bids. 

2.  The  highest  bidder  to  be  the  buyer;  in  case  of  disputed  bids  the 
lot  shall  be  resold,  but  the  Auctioneer  will  use  his  judgment  as  to  the 
good  faith  of  all  claims  and  his  decision  shall  be  final.  He  may  also 
reject  any  fractional  or  nominal  bid  calculated  to  delay  or  injuriously 
affect  the  sale. 

3.  Buyers  to  give  their  names  and  addresses  and  to  make  such  cash 
payments  on  account  as  may  be  required,  in  default  of  which  the  lots 
purchased  to  be  immediately  resold. 

4.  Goods  bought  to  be  removed  at  the  close  of  the  sale.  If  not  so 
removed,  they  will  be  held  at  the  risk  of  the  purchaser  and  these  Galler- 
ies will  not  be  responsible  if  such  goods  are  lost,  stolen,  damaged  or  de- 
stroyed.   No  deliveries  will  be  made  during  the  sale. 

5.  Terms  Cash.  If  accounts  are  not  paid  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
Bale,  or,  in  the  case  of  absent  buyers,  when  bills  are  rendered,  these 
Galleries  reserve  the  right  to  dispose  of  the  goods  without  notice  to  the 
defaulting  barer  and  all  costs  of  such  re-sale  will  be  charged  to  the 
defaulter.  This  condition  Is  without  prejudice  to  the  rights  of  the 
Company  to  enforce  the  sale  contract  and  collect  the  amount  due  with- 
out such  re-sale  at  its  own  option. 

6.  This  catalogue  has  been  compiled  by  competent  cataloguers;  the 
various  lots  offered  are  described  with  care  and  accuracy  and  they  will 
be  sold  not  subject  to  return. 

7.  The  Walpole  Galleries,  if  requested,  will  forward  purchases  at  the 
buyer's  risk  and  expense. 

Material  on  exhibition  three  days  before  the  sale. 
Priced    copies   of    this   catalogue    at   50c   each. 

THE  WALPOLE  GALLERIES, 

Edward   TnrnbnU 
I/enore  Young  TurnbnU 

No.  10  East  49th  Street,  New  York. 

This  sale  will  be  conducted  for  the  Walpole  Galleries  by 
MR.  DANIEL  R.  KENNEDY. 

Telephone,  Murray  Hill  6512.  Catalogues  on  request. 


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No.    24.      Otto    H.    Bacher.     The    Madonna,    Chioggia. 


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No.  38 


Sale,  Jan.  23 


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OTTO    H.    BACHER 

American  Painter  and  Etcher,  Friend  of  Whistler 

With  a  few  additional  Paintings 
from  Private  Collections 


Mr.  Bacher  is  represented  by  his  landscape,  figure, 
and  Venetian  paintings  in  fifty  examples.  There 
are  also  paintings  by  Robert  Blum,  Charles  Forbes, 
Carleton  Wiggins,  Geo.  H.  McCord,  Childe  Hassam, 
C.  W.  Eaton,  George  Maynard,  Sydney  Lawrence, 
Ernest  Lawson,  A.  B.  Durand,  James  A.  Johnson, 
Edward  and  Peter  Moran,  Robert  Schelling,  C.  P. 
Gruppe,  G.  B.  Pike  and  Charles  Phelan.  Hans  Pet- 
ersen is  represented  by  a  brilliant  Norwegian  Fjord 
and   Pio   Ricci  by  a   charming  Florentine   interior. 


To  be  Sold  at  Auction 
EVENING,  JANUARYj 

at  8:30  o'clock  \      N'MAA/NPG 


THE   WALPOLE    GALL 

No.  10  East  49th  Street  New  York 

Telephone,  Murray  Hill  6512 


List  of  Illustrations 

BACHER  (OTTO  H.)  Gateway  in  Venice No.  22 

BACHER  (OTTO  H.)  Madonna,  Chioggia  (Frontispiece) No.  24 

BLUM  (ROBERT)  Entrance  to  the  Grand  Canal,  Venice No.  26 

WIGGINS  (CARLETON)  Cattle  at  Pasture No.  59 


Note:  Some  of  Mr.  Bacher's  paintings  not  having  been  signed  by  him, 
Mrs.  Bacher  will  be  very  happy  to  give  a  written  guaranty  to  the  purchaser 
that  the  painting  is  his  work.  Application  for  such  guaranty  may  be  made 
through  the  Walpole  Galleries,  No.  10  East  49th  Street,  New  York. 

The  collection  of  these  fifty  paintings  is  characterized  "Exhibition  and 
Sale,"  as  it  is  practically  the  first  exhibition  made  of  Mr.  Bacher's  paintings. 
As  Mr.  Lefevre  has  commented  in  the  foreword,  Mr.  Bacher  "was  never  interested 
in  exhibiting  his  work  .  .  .  and  discriminating  collectors  bought  his  pictures 
before  the  paint  was  dry." 

It  is  safe  to  say  that  no  lover  of  pictures  who  buys  one  of  these  paintings  to-day 
but  will  congratulate  himself  in  future  on  the  possession  of  a  landscape  so  sensi- 
tively rendered  and  with  the  direct  simplicity  of  Nature,  whether  clouded  with  snow, 
brilliant  with  Autumn  coloring  or  soft  with  the  promise  of  Spring. 

THE   WALPOLE   GALLERIES. 


OTTO  H.  BACHER 


Otto  H.  Bacher,  painter  and  etcher,  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  1856. 
He  died  in  Bronxville,  N.  Y.,  in  1909.  He  began  his  art  career  in  Cleveland 
at  sixteen,  leaving  in  1878  for  Europe.  He  studied  in  Munich  with  Duve- 
neck,  in  Paris  in  the  Julian  School  and  with  Lefebvre,  Boulanger  and 
Carolus-Duran.  He  was  an  A.  N.  A.,  and  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Paint- 
er-Etchers of  England. 


A  great  injustice  is  done  to  Otto  H.  Bacher  by  whoever  regards  his 
etchings  as  his  most  characteristic  work.  That  he  was  one  of  the  great 
etchers  of  the  Nineteenth  Century  is  one  of  the  common-places  of  the 
world  of  art :  yet  Bacher  was  essentially  a  painter.  He  expressed  himself 
more  intimately,  more  interestingly,  indeed  more  completely  in  his  paint- 
ings. To  an  extraordinary  mastery  of  the  technique  of  his  art  he  joined  a 
love  of  truth  and  an  intolerance  of  affectation  that  made  him  one  of  the 
most  individualistic  of  painters  as  he  was  one  of  the  most  interesting  of 
men.  He  did  not  seek  to  find  new  genres,  but  he  ventured  into  new  fields 
constantly  and  always  he  produced  something  worth  while,  something  that 
no  one  else  could  have  achieved.  Painters  are  to-day  applauded  for  doing 
what  Bacher  did — and  did  far  better — twenty  years  ago.  He  was  never 
interested  in  exhibiting  his  work.  Had  he  been  less  of  an  artist  and  more 
of  a  business  man  his  fame  to-day  would  be  as  great  as  a  painter  as  it  is  as 
an  etcher.  In  a  way  it  was  a  mistake  that  discriminating  collectors  bought 
his  pictures  before  the  paint  was  dry  for  it  kept  the  public  from  knowing 
the  work  of  Bacher  as  well  as  it  deserved.  His  paintings  are  found  in  the 
collections  of  intelligent  picture  lovers  like  the  late  John  Hay,  Alfred 
Corning  Clark  and  many  of  his  friends,  but  it  is  a  safe  prediction  that 
even  as  his  etchings  are  daily  more  prized  the  world  over,  so  will  his  fame 
as  a  painter  grow  and  his  pictures  become  more  valuable,  like  those  of  his 
friend  Twachtman,  for  it  takes  not  only  time  but  death  for  a  great  painter 
to  gain  honor  in  his  own  country.  Edwin  Lefevre. 

New  York,  January,  1917. 


No.  22.     Otto   H.   Bacher.     Gateway  in  Venice. 


EXHIBITION  AND  SALE  OF  PAINTINGS 

OF  THE  LATE 

OTTO  H.  BACHER 

American  Painter  and  Etcher,  friend  of  Whistler 

With  a  few  additional  Paintings  from 
Private  Collections 

SALE  ON  TUESDAY    EVENING,  JANUARY  23,  AT  8:30  O'CLOCK 


OTTO  H.  BACHER.     1856-1909. 
Contemporary   American    Painter   and    Etcher. 

1.  ROCK  AND  WILD  ASTERS.     Canvas.  U'.,  x  18  inches. 

A  wild  corner  on  the  edge  of  a  marsh,  thickly  covered  with 

bine  asters ;  a  few  yellow  blossoms  are  seen  also. 

2.  HER  FIRST  COMMUNION.     Canvas,  signed,  1898.  20  x  15  inches. 

A  girl  of  ten  having  her  veil  arranged  by  her  mother,  and  a 
Sister  of  Mercy. 

3.  HILLSIDE  STUDY,  unfinished.     Canvas,  16  x  25%  inches. 

4.  AFTERNOON  GLOW.     Canvas,  23  x  29  inches. 

A  painting  of  a  very  happy  bine  tone ;  cottage  seen  through  the 
trees. 

5.  SILVER  POPLARS.    Canvas,  31  x  20  inches. 

A  charming  painting  of  the  "ghostly  ladies  of  the  woods"  in 
full  leaf  under  sunlight. 

6.  RETURNING   FISHING   BOATS,    VENICE.     Canvas.    11   x   27 

inches. 


OTTO  H.  BACHER, 

American  Painter  and  Etcher. 

7.  SNOWY  WOODS  EARLY  MORNING.     Canvas,  signed,  1907.    21 

x  18  inches. 

A  hillside  in  the  snow. 

8.  AUTUMN  MISTS  IN  THE  WOODS.     Canvas,  18  x  21  inches. 

9.  THE  ISELIN  GARDENS,  WESTCHESTER  COUNTY.    Canvas 
signed  "Otto,"  18  x  21  inches.    Summer. 

CHARLES    FORBES. 

10.  THE  SHADOW  LADY.     Canvas,  34  x  29  inches. 

A  Venetian  woman,  in  profile  at  half  length,  the  outline  of 
her  figure  barely  seen  against  a  dark  background.  Slight  damage 
in  the  background.    Painted  in  Venice. 

OTTO  H.  BACHER. 

Contemporary  American  Painter  and  Etcher. 

11.  SNOW  AND  DIM  SUNSHINE  IN  THE  WOODS.     Canvas,  signed, 

1906.     29i/2  x  19  inches. 

12.  PINE  TREES  AND  AUTUMN  MAPLES.    Canvas,  21  x  18  inches. 

The  masses  of  autumn  coloring  brilliant  in  the  sun-lit  woods. 

13.  BRONXVILLE  WOODS.     Canvas,  18  x  21  inches. 

An  open  glade  leading  to  the  deep  woods.     Summer. 

14.  INTERIOR  OF  FIFTH  AVENUE  BANK,  NEW  YORK.    Canvas. 

Signed,  1890.     18  x  21  inches. 

A  carefully  finished  painting,  with  two  ladies  seated  at  a  desk, 
the  figures  showing  a  Stevens-like  quality. 

15.  ALAMUCHE  MOUNTAINS,  SUSSEX  COUNTY.     Canvas,  signed, 

1903.    18  x  21  inches. 

Landscape  with  meadow  flowers  in  the  foreground  stretching 
to  distant  purple  hills. 

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OTTO  H.  BACHER. 
American   Painter   and    Etcher. 

16.  EVENING  GLORY.     Canvas,  21  x  18  inches. 

The  brilliant  coloring  of  the  falling  leaves  accentuated  by  the 
low  sunlight. 

17.  DELAWARE  WATER  GAP.     Canvas,  18  x  21  inches. 

A  view  of  the  hill-top  looking  over  the  Valley  to  the  distant 
mountains. 

IS.     CLEAR  THE  WAY !    Canvas,  signed,  dated  1905.    30  x  20  inches. 
Down  a  street  in  lower  New  York  plunges  a  fire-engine  drawn 
by  three  horses  in  full  gallop ;  in  the  left  foreground  a  blue- 
coated  policeman  clears  the  way.    Winter. 

19.  WOODED  LANDSCAPE,  WESTCHESTER  COUNTY,  New  York. 

Canvas,  signed,  21  x  18  inches. 

Late  Fall ;  sunlight  breaking  through  the  trees,  over  the  snow. 

20.  CALIFORNIA  ROAD.     Canvas,  23  x  29  inches. 

A  summer  landscape ;  to  the  left  four  large  trees  carry  the  eye 
to  distant  woods  beyond. 

21.  BIRCH  TREES  AND  AUTUMN  MAPLES.    Canvas,  signed.    29  x 

36  inches. 

The  vivid  yellow  and  orange  coloring  of  the  maples  seen  as 
through  a  veil  of  the  bare  twigs  of  the  birch ;  masses  of  white 
clouds  float  across  the  blue  sk}-. 

22.  GATEWAY  IN  VENICE.    Canvas,  31  x  21  inches. 

A  woman  standing  at  a  heavily  grilled  arched  doorway  look- 
ing down  a  narrow  canal  in  Venice.  The  locale  is  reminiscent  of 
Whistler's  etching  in  the  "Venice  Set". 

(See  Illustration.) 

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OTTO  H.  BACHER. 
American    Painter   and    Etcher. 

23.  CALLA  MANZONI,  CHIOGGIA.     Canvas,  23  x  33  inches. 

An  important  Italian  painting.  Outside  a  rude  Monastery 
are  seen  women  scrubbing  copper  pots,  washing  and  preparing  to 
bake.  Painted  in  Chioggia  and  with  early  Bacher  label  on  the 
reverse.    This  subject  was  etched  by  Mr.  Bacher  as  well. 

24.  THE  MADONNA,  CHIOGGIA.  Canvas,  signed  and  dated  Chioggia, 

1882.     29  x  23  inches. 

Entrance  to  the  Cathedral ;  the  wall  surmounted  with  the 
Lion  of  St.  Mark  and  other  figures.  The  central  figure  being  a 
large  Madonna  and  Child  under  a  bronze  canopy  before  which 
two  peasants  kneel.  The  Madonna  is  seen  against  the  orange 
and  apricot  colored  sails  of  the  Venetian  Fishing  Boats  in  the 
Harbor,  slight  repair  in  lower  foreground. 

(See   Frontispiece.) 

25.  JULY.    Canvas,  signed,  1893.    35  x  22  inches. 

Nude  figure  of  a  woman  seated  in  full  sunlight,  in  the 
woods.  Painted  entirely  in  the  air  and  rich  with  atmospheric 
quality.  Painted  at  Easthampton,  L.  I.,  and  twenty  years  earlier 
than  the  now  popular  treatment  of  sunlight  and  flesh  (see  Nos. 
35  and  44). 

ROBERT   BLUM. 

Born  in  1857,  a  self-taught  artist  who  received  medals  both  in  this  country  and 

abroad,  and  whose  Venetian  paintings  are  much  liked. 

26.  ENTRANCE    TO    THE    GRAND    CANAL,   VENICE.       Canvas, 

signed.     17  x  34  inches. 

Gondolas  with  pleasure  parties  on  the  blue  waters,  the  white 
line  of  the  city  on  the  horizon;  a  fishing  boat  with  orange  sails 
adds  the  contrasting  touch  of  color. 

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American    Painter    and    Etcher. 

27.  THE  FIRST  SNOW.     Canvas.  18  x  21  inches. 

A  group  of  larches  and  cedars  caught  in  the  first  light  snow 
fall,  seen  against  a  country  house.    AVestchester  county. 

28.  DESDEMONA'S  PALACE,  GRAND  CANAL.  Canvas,  signed,  33  x 

16  inches. 

A  fine  representation  of  one  of  the  most  noted  places  in 
Venice.  Whistler  etched  the  Palace,  while  Bacher,  his  friend, 
painted  it.  The  panel-like  shape  of  the  canvas  lends  itself  to  the 
Renaissance  architecture  of  the  Palace,  in  the  warm  Italian 
coloring. 

29.  DOGWOOD  AND  CEDAR.    Canvas;    34  x  20  inches. 

Masses  of  dogwood  blossoms  seen  against  a  dark  Cedar,  and 
budding  Oaks. 

30.  CHAMBERS  WOODS  FROM  MY  WINDOW.     Winter.     Canvas. 

signed,  16  x  25%  inches. 

A  much  admired  canvas  and  a  painting  always  liked  by  Mr. 
Bacher. 

31.  INTERIOR.  ST.  MARK'S,  VENICE.   Canvas,  signed,  188— .    25y2 

x  151  ■_.  inches. 

Painted  in  Venice.  The  original  painting  from  which  Mr. 
Bacher  made  his  well-known  etching,  also  the  city  where  he,  with 
Frank  Duveneek,  Robert  Blum  and  others  met  Whistler  and  they 
all  used  the  old  press  on  which  it  is  said  Canaletto's  proofs  were 
pulled. 

32.  INTERIOR,  ST.  MARK'S,  VENICE.    Signed.    29  x  19  inches. 

A  proof  of  the  first  state  of  Bacher's  etching  of  the 
Cathedral,  colored  by  him.  While  in  the  following  lot  he  has 
treated  it  to  show  the  interior  in  full  sunlight,  the  present  treat- 
ment gives  the  Cathedral  as  evening  approaches  and  the  shadows 
deepen. 

Signed  by  Mr.  Bacher  as  the  first  state. 

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OTTO  H.  BACHER. 
American    Painter   and    Etcher. 

33.  INTERIOR,  ST.  MARK'S,  VENICE.     29  x  19  inches. 

A  proof  of  Backer's  etching  of  the  Cathedral,  mounted  on 
canvas  and  painted  over  by  himself,  showing  the  rich  coloring 
of  the  interior.  This  etching,  the  largest  and  most  important 
one  of  the  artist,  is  also  scarce  and  in  this  state,  as  colored  by 
Mr.  Bacher,  it  is  rendered  most  desirable. 

34.  WINTER  LANDSCAPE.     Canvas,  signed,  1907.     23  x  29  inches. 

A  village,  clouded  with  snow. 

35.  AUGUST.    NUDE  GIRL  SEATED  IN  THE  FOREST  GATHER- 

ING FLOWERS.     Canvas,  signed,  1903.     21  x  18  inches. 

Painted  entirely  in  the  air  and  a  charming  example  of  sun- 
light and  flesh.    Painted  at  Easthampton,  L.  I. 

36.  APRIL  AND  DOGWOOD  BLOSSOMS.    Canvas,  30  x  20  inches. 

37.  BRONXVILLE  IN  SNOWY  WEATHER.    Canvas,  signed,  23  x  29 

inches. 

38.  THE  EDGE  OF  THE  WOODS.     Canvas,  18  x  26  inches. 

A  cluster  of  dogwood  trees  in  blossom  and  beyond,  seen  across 
green  sward,  are  budding  trees  against  a  Cedar. 

39.  DELAWARE   WATER-GAP.      Canvas,   signed,   1906.     18  x  21 

inches. 

An  extensive  view  across  the  valley. 

40.  EARLY  SNOW,  WESTCHESTER  COUNTY.     Canvas,  21  x  18 

inches. 

41.  DISTANT  HILLS,  SUSSEX  COUNTY.     Canvas,  18  x  21  inches. 

A  summer  landscape,  the  hills  seen  in  the  misty  distance. 

42.  ABBAZIA  SAN  GREGORIO.     Canvas,  18  x  26  inches. 

A  scene  of  one  of  the  most  frequented  places  in  Venice,  with  a 
Gondola  resting  lightly  on  the  Lagoon  near  the  landing. 

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OTTO  H.  BACHER. 

American    Painter   and    Etcher. 

43.  FEBRUARY   HAZE.    THE    LAST    OP    THE    SNOW.      Canvas, 

signed,  1907.    23  x  29  inches. 

A  country  road  with  a  house  or  two  seen  through  the  haze. 

44.  NUDE  GIRL  ON  THE  SHORE.     Canvas,  16  x  25  inches. 

Leaning  on  hoth  hands  she  looks  over  the  sand  to  the  Ocean, 
low  clusters  of  shrubs  in  the  background.  A  study  made  en- 
tirely in  the  sunlight,  at  Easthainpton,  L.  I. 

45.  PORTRAIT  OF  A  LADY.    Canvas,  signed,  1891.    35  x  22  inches. 

A  lady  in  a  light  summer  dress  seated  in  a  chair  out  of  doors, 
leaning  forward  holding  a  tennis  racquet.  A  portrait  much  liked 
by  all  the  artists  in  the  Bacher  circle. 

46.  ELLAS  HOTEL,  CROSS  ROADS,  BUCKEYE  STATE.     Canvas, 

signed,  1885.     31  x  43  inches. 

An  interesting  country  scene  in  Ohio ;  to  the  right  under  the 
porch  of  the  hotel  three  men  are  seated,  while  the  Judge  in 
linen  coat  and  straw  hat  leans  against  the  pillar  of  the  verandah 
and  hails  the  milkman  driving  by.  A  path  leads  past  Richfield 's 
store  to  the  Village  Church. 

47.  THE  GOOD  SAMARITAN.     Canvas,  34  x  19  inches. 

Design  for  a  Gothic  window  of  stained  glass. 

48.  THREE  YOUTHFUL  APOLLOS.    Canvas,  signed,  1902.    35  x  20 

inches. 

Three  nude  boys  showering  themselves  with  water  on  a  tree- 
bordered  lawn. 

49.  THE  COUNTRY  STORE.     Canvas,  signed,  1892.    26 M>  x  34  inches. 

Interior  with  four  men.  A  typical  country  store,  four  men 
seated,  country  scene  through  the  open  door.  A  well  executed 
and  interesting  painting,  the  figures  very  life-like. 

50.  ITALIAN  GARDENS,  WESTCHESTER  COUNTY.     Canvas,  29 

x  36  inches. 

Box-bordered  paths  centre  at  a  sun-dial ;  masses  of  color  and 
a  wistaria  trellis  at  the  back  lead  the  eye  to  dark  masses  of  the 
foliage  of  the  trees. 

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OTHER  PROPERTIES 

PETER  MORAN. 

Contemporary    American    Artist,    born    in    1842,    studied    with    his    brothers, 

Thomas  and  Edward. 

51.  WOODED  PASTURE  AND  CATTLE.     Canvas,  signed,  1878.    14 

x  23  inches. 

A  gentle  sweep  of  meadow-land  on  which  cattle  are  grazing, 
with  deep  woods  beyond. 

EDWARD  MORAN.     1829-1901. 
American  Painter. 

52.  MARINE.     Canvas,  signed.    20  x  16  inches. 

A  full-rigged  ship  heeling  over  in  a  fresh  breeze  sweeps  past 
the  Light-ship  in  the  afterglow. 

A.  B.  DURAND,   N.  A.     1796-1886. 

American    Artist,    the    following    painted    while    President    of    the 
National   Academy. 

53.  VILLAGE  IN  THE   ORANGE  MOUNTAINS.     Canvas,  signed, 

1850.    Sy2  x  liy2  inches. 

The  village  street  leading  to  the  Church  seen  against  the 
distant  blue  hills  through  the  summer  haze. 

JAMES  A.  JOHNSON. 
American   Artist,   the   teacher   of   Blakelock 

54.  THE  MILL  BROOK.    Canvas,  8 i/o  x  12  y2  inches.    Purchased  from 

the  artist. 

The  rushing  stream  pouring  over  the  rocks  is  lined  on  either 
side  with  forest  trees  in  warm  brown  foliage.  A  fisherman  is 
casting  in  the  mill-pond  in  the  foreground,  and  beyond  the  mill 
at  the  back  are  glimpses  of  the  blue  sky.  The  painting  might 
easily  be  taken  for  a  Blakelock. 

WILLIAM  E.  MARSHALL. 
American  Artist. 

55.  LANDSCAPE  AT  EVENING.     Canvas,  signed.  10y2  x  9  inches. 

Bought  at  the  Marshall  sale  in  1909. 

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ERNEST  LAWSON,  A.  N.  A.     1873. 

American  Painter,  his  "Abandoned  Farm"  in  the  National  Gallery,  "Winter" 

in  the    Metropolitan   Museum,   other  examples   in  the   great   Galleries   of 

America. 

5G.     BENEATH  THE  SHADE.     Canvas,  signed.     22  x  17  inches. 

A  red  cottage  in  a  garden,  shaded  by  three  gnarled  old  apple 
trees.     Flowery  meadow  in  the  foregonnd. 

ROBERT  SCHELLING. 
American  Artist,  influenced   by  and  pupil  of  Corot. 

57.  HEMLOCK  TREES  BY  A  MOUNTAIN  LAKE.     Canvas,  signed. 

13  x  19  inches. 

Charming  summer  landscape,  the  feathery  lightness  of  the 
drooping  hemlock  branches  reflected  in  the  lake,  strongly  rem- 
iniscent of  Corot 's  treatment. 

GEORGE   HERBERT   McCORD,  A.   N.  A.     1848-1909. 
American  Painter. 

58.  MARINE,  MOONLIGHT.    Canvas,  signed.     13V-  x  11%  inches. 

A  full-rigged  ship  entering  the  Harbor ;  night  and  the  moon 
breaking  from  a  great  bank  of  clouds. 

CARLETON  WIGGINS,  N.  A.     1848. 

American  painter,  his  pictures  in  Metropolitan   Museum,  Brooklyn,  Chicago, 

and    the    Galleries    in    Washington. 

59.  CATTLE  AT  PASTURE.     Canvas,  signed.     12  x  18  inches. 

A  typical  example  of  this  well-known  painter.  In  the  fore- 
ground a  black  and  white  cow  lifts  her  head  when  interrupted 
in  grazing. 

(See  Illustration.) 

CHILDE   HASSAM,   N.  A.     1859. 

American  Painter,  whose  work  is  exceedingly  popular,  represented  in  several 

examples  in  all  the   great  galleries  of  America. 

60.  THE  BOAT  LANDING.     Water  color,  signed.     13V2  x  17  inches. 

A  lady  and  her  small  daughter,  both  in  white  dresses,  on  a 
wooden  landing  at  a  rocky  shore;  cottage  and  garden  foliage  as  a 
background. 

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CHARLES   P.   GRUPPE.     1860. 

American  Artist,  who  has  been  decorated  both  in  this  country  and  abroad, 
and    whose    pictures    are    seen    in    many   galleries. 

61.  PEASANTS  RETURNING  HOME.     Water-color,  signed,  10y2  x 

7  inches. 

Dutch  landscape,  with  a  woman  and  child  returning  through 
a  poplar-lined  pathway  after  a  shower. 

GEORGE  W.  MAYNARD,  N.  A.     1843. 

American  Artist,  his  paintings  in  the  Metropolitan  Museum,  National  Gallery, 
Pennsylvania  Academy,  etc. 

62.  NEREID.     Water-color,  signed,  1891.     13  x  9  inches. 

A  charming  nude,  a  young  woman  just  breasting  the  waves, 
her  head  on  her  folded  arms,  her  body  faintly  seen  through  blue 
water  and  white  foam. 

CHARLES    WARREN    EATON,    1857. 

American  Artist,  whose  landscapes  are  much  liked  and  who  is  represented 

in  many  Galleries  in  the  West  as  well  as  in  the  East. 

63.  THE  SHEPHERD'S  WARNING.     Canvas,  mounted  on  academy 

board.    Signed.      714  x  II14  inches. 
"A  red  sky  in  the  morning 
Is  the  shepherd's  warning." 

A.  C.  MURPHY. 
Ada   Clifford   Murphy,  wife   of  J.   Francis   Murphy. 

64.  GOING  TO  THE  WELL.    Water-color  signed.    12  x  8%  inches.' 

A  child  leaving  the  cottage  with  a  bucket. 

ADDISON  T.  MILLAR. 

Contemporary  American  artist,   known   as   an   etcher  as   well. 

65.  SPRING  EVENING.    Water-color,  signed.    6  x  11  inches. 

66.  STORMY  SUNSET  AT  SEA.    Academy  board.    11  x  7%  inches. 

C.  BROWNING. 
English  Artist. 

67.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON.     Canvas,  signed.    23  x  18  inches. 

Washington  is  seen  at  bust  length  in  ruffled  shirt  and  stock. 
The  portrait  is  after  the  Stuart  type  and  was  purchased  in 
England. 

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SYDNEY  LAWRENCE. 
Contemporary    American   Artist,    Member    Royal    Society    of    British   Artists, 

Salmagundi    Club,    etc. 

6S.     FLOOD  TIDE  DOWN  THE  HUDSON.     Academy  board,,  signed. 
6ty>  x  10i/o  inches. 

Sailing  barges  between  Governor's  Island  and  New  York  City. 
CHARLES  WARREN   EATON. 
69.     WINTER  TWILIGHT.    Water-color,  signed,  1890.    10  x  IS  inches. 

G.  B.  PIKE. 


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7o. 


Water-color,  signed, 
showing  Paris  on  a 


13  x  20  inches. 
rainy  summer 


RUE  ST.  JACQUES,  PARIS. 
A  decorative   water-color 
morning. 

GUSTAVE  VERBEEK. 
Contemporary    artist    of    Flemish    Descent. 

A  SPANISH  DANCER.     Oil  and  water-color.     Signed.     10  x  6 
inches. 

In  an  attitude  of  the  dance  with  a  tambourine ;  a  charming 
pose.  She  wears  grey  and  white  with  cherry-colored  stockings. 
ribbon  and  flower. 

GRANVILLE  PERKINS. 
Contemporary  American  Artist. 

NEW    YORK    BAY    AND    GOVERNOR'S    ISLAND.      Canvas, 
signed.     12y2  x  lS1/^  inches. 

The  entrance  to  the  East  River,  showing  the  Fort  on  Gover- 
nor's Island,  which  is  a  conspicuous  feature;  and  the  southern 
point  of  New  York. 

G.  V.  POOL. 
Contemporary  American  Artist. 

A  POND  AT  EVENING.     Canvas,  signed.     14y2  x  21%  inches. 
The  rosy  light  from  the  afterglow  beyond  the  woods  reflected 
in  the  still  water  of  the  pond. 

CHARLES   PHELAN. 
Contemporary   American   Artist,   born    in    1840. 

AUTUMN    LANDSCAPE    AND    GRAZING    SHEEP.      Canvas, 
signed.     14  x  21  inches. 

A  rocky  pasture ;  clusters  of  sumach  and  oaks  in  browns  and 
yellows  seen  against  rising  ground  and  masses  of  floating  clouds. 
PAUL  REMBRANDT  VAN  RHYN. 
RED  CHALK  DRAWING  OF  A  RABBI,  full  length.     Signed. 
19  x  13  inches. 

At  the  bottom  is  written  "Paul  Rembrandt  van  Rhyn.  1639." 
A  collector 's  stamp  in  the  lower  left    corner.    In  good  condition. 

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WALTER  GREAVES. 
Contemporary  English  Artist. 

76.  PORTRAIT  OF  JAMES  McNEILL  "WHISTLER.     Canvas,  signed. 

31  x  25  inches. 

A  characteristic  portrait  by  Whistler's  pupil,  who  it  has  been 
asserted,  did  the  preliminary  work  and  blocked  out  many  of 
the  former's  important  canvases. 

UNSIGNED  PAINTING. 

77.  HOUSE  IN  THE  FOREST.     Canvas,  7  x  1114  inches. 

An  unsigned  painting  suggestive  of  a  French  artist. 

C.  HEUENBERG. 
Contemporary    German    Artist. 

78.  FOREST  GLADE  WITH  CATTLE  AND  HERDSMAN.    Canvas, 

signed,  1887.    20y2  x  2714  inches. 

Beautifully  painted  woodland  scene ;  the  sunlight  striking 
through  the  glade  in  the  forest.  In  the  foregound,  a  pond  with 
flowers  in  which  cattle  are  drinking,  near  three  great  beech- 
trees,  under  one  of  which  the  herdsman  sits  and  smokes. 

ALFRED  DU  MAURER. 

79.  SPANISH  SIXTEENTH  CENTURY  CAVALIER.     Seen  at  bust 

length.     Painted  on  academy  board,  signed,  oval.  .  10  x  8  inches. 

T.  MONTIGNY. 
French  Artist,  who  settled  in  New  York. 

80.  THE  UPPER  HUDSON.     Canvas,  signed,  1891.  914  x  12 14  inches. 

Landscape  showing  the  Hudson  and  the  hills  beyond. 

PIO   RICCI. 

Modern  Florentine  Painter. 

81.  THE  LOVE  LETTER.     Canvas,  signed.     17y2  x  12  inches. 

Florentine  interior  with  richly  carved  furnishings.  A  young 
girl  in  rose-colored  brocade  attempting  to  hide  a  love-letter  from 
her  Duenna. 

HANS  PETERSEN. 
Contemporary  Norwegian  artist. 

82.  A  NORWEGIAN  FJORD.     Canvas,  signed,  13  x  16  inches. 

Brilliant  coloring  of  the  Thaulow  school. 

H.   MILLER. 
Contemporary  artist  of  the   Munich   School 

83.  LAKE  IN  THE  MOUNTAINS  OF  THE  TYROL.     Canvas,  signed, 

1892.     1 1%  x  I.51/0  inches. 


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